12 h. ago Worrying number of pubs closing every day as Labour under pressure to act

The government is understood to be preparing to unveil a new package of measures - but questions are being asked about whether it will be enough

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60 h. ago Pressure grows on Starmer to ditch 'terrible' plan to hand Chagos Islands to Mauritius as Labour MPs say it should be axed

The Prime Minister faced calls to heed the concerns of Donald Trumpand scrap the plan of surrendering the Chagos Islands entirely - not just pause it.

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3 d. ago Road closed as workers spend second day at scene of Bolton sinkhole

Work is expected to continue this weekend

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6 d. ago He never warms the jars, so why doesn’t my son’s marmalade go mouldy?

Our preserving pundits dive into the bittersweet dilemmas surrounding baking paper circles, wax seals and the judicious application of heatWhen my son makes marmalade, he never warms the jars or uses circles of baking paper and cellophane – he just puts the lids on. It never goes mouldy, so am I wasting my time doing it the “proper” way?Dagna, Berkhamsted, HertsYou can’t get much sweeter than marmalade, and this is most likely the reason for both Dagna and her son’s success, despite their differing strategies. “The chance of mould developing is low because there’s so much sugar to balance the bitterness of the orange peel,” says Camilla Wynne, preserver and author of All That Crumbs Allow. “Mould needs water to do its thing, and sugar binds to water.” She recalls a former student who, like Dagna’s son, simply ladled her marmalade into jars and closed the lids. All was fine until one day the student’s latest batch of marmalade was covered in mould: “She’d been reducing the sugar in h...

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6 d. ago Global markets rattled as Donald Trump issues Greenland and tariff threats

US financial markets were closed on Monday for Martin Luther King Jr Day

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6 d. ago Shares in Asia track European markets lower on concern over Trump's push on Greenland

Asian shares are trading mostly lower after U.S. markets were closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a national holiday

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7 d. ago MLK Day 2026: What’s open and what’s closed for the federal holiday

Most schools, banks and stores are closed in observance of the federal holiday

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7 d. ago The pub that changed me: ‘While drinking and singing there I met my partner’

I was a bit nervous when I first joined a pop choir that included a weekly pub singalong. I needn’t have worriedWhen I walked into Auberge, a pub near Waterloo station in London, on Thursday 21 October 2021, I didn’t know a soul. By kicking-out time, I had 50 new friends. I’ve been back almost every Thursday since. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Teenager, 19, tragically dies after horror crash in Lancashire

The road remained closed throughout the day following the fatal smash

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8 d. ago John Swinney does not expect Sir Keir Starmer to still be in office at Christmas

Mr Swinney suggested forthcoming elections in Scotland and Wales and local elections in England could put pressure on Labour.

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1 week ago Chaos as M6 closed in both directions 'all day' after woman found dead

The M6 has been closed in both directions between junctions 23 and 26 after a woman was tragically pronounced dead on the motorway in Greater Manchester

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1 week ago Celtic boss Martin O’Neill admits title rivals Hearts and Rangers have left Hoops trailing in the transfer window

MARTIN O’NEILL has admitted Celtic are trailing rivals Rangers and Hearts on AND off the pitch. But the stand-in Hoops boss insists he’s working day and night to try and close the gap before the transfer window shuts. The Northern Irishman has begged the under-fire Parkhead board for players since returning to the hotseat eight...

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1 week ago Labour MPs pour new pressure on Keir Starmer to block new Chinese mega

The MPs, including Sarah Champion - who is a member of parliament's Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, said concerns about the proposal are 'significant and unresolved'.

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2 w. ago Six hospitality firms a day could close without rates help, warns trade group

UK Hospitality estimates that 2,076 firms could close in 2026 as a result of rising property taxes.

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2 w. ago Salon owner heard 'massive noise' and 'saw glass coming' as car crashed through shop

Ndeye Sarr was just about to close her shop for the day

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2 w. ago Meta blocked nearly 550,000 accounts in first days of Australia’s under

Tech giant says ongoing compliance will be a ‘multi-layered process’ as UK Labour faces pressure to bring in similar ban for teenagersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMeta has deactivated more than half a million accounts for teenagers across Facebook, Instagram and Threads as a result of Australia’s under-16s social media ban, the company has announced.Just over one month since the ban came into effect, Meta announced on Monday that between 4 December, when the company began deactivating accounts, and 11 December, 544,052 accounts Meta believed to be held by users under 16 were deactivated. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Many schools closed for fifth day as wintry weather continues

The Met Office has issued a yellow warning of snow and ice covering much of Scotland until midday on Friday.

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2 w. ago All you need to know as Scots schools to close for fifth day amid new weather warning

Aberdeenshire Council declared a major incident on Tuesday, warning of a “good chance” some rural communities would be cut off due to the weather.

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2 w. ago Scots schools to close for fifth day and new yellow weather warning issued

Dozens of schools in Aberdeenshire, the Highlands and Moray will remain closed on Friday.

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2 w. ago Dozens of schools to close for fifth day as new yellow weather warning issued

It comes after several days of “intense” snowfall, ice and sub-zero temperatures.

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